Anywhere but Peoria: June 26- July 2

A weekly look at five of the best photos from the Associated Press wire report.

Israeli border police officers, fire tear gas canisters towards Palestinians protesters during a demonstration against the expansion of a nearby Jewish settlement in the West Bank village of Deir Qadis, near Ramallah,Wednesday, June 29, 2011.(AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Alex Lopez, center, plays baseball with his sister Sugey while smoke generated by the Las Conchas fire covers the sky in Espanola, N.M., Wednesday, June 29, 2011. As crews fight to keep the wildfire from reaching the country's premier nuclear-weapons laboratory and the surrounding community, scientists are busy sampling the air for chemicals and radiological materials. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, left, hugs a supporter as he leaves his home Monday, June 27, 2011, in Chicago, heading to the federal court after jurors informed the judge that they had reached agreement on 18 of the 20 counts against him in his corruption retrial. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

A Pakistani worker walks next to a burning pile of confiscated drugs and prohibited material set on fire by custom officials during a ceremony to mark International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Sunday, June 26, 2011 in Nowshera, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

A riot policeman strikes a demonstrator as protesters try to prevent deputies from reaching the Greek parliament in central Athens on Wednesday, June 29, 2011. Greek deputies are to vote Wednesday on a deeply unpopular austerity bill that has provoked days of rioting in the streets of Athens, with the result of the vote determining if Greece can avoid a potentially disastrous financial default in the coming weeks.(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Matt Dayhoff started as a photographer for the Journal Star in 1992 shortly after graduating from the Ohio University School of Visual Communications. In 2009, he moved into the newsroom as an online editor and producer and is now responsible for helping manage and edit much of the editorial content on pjstar.com.